#!/bin/bash
# Du.sh: DOS to UNIX text file converter.
E_WRONGARGS=65
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename-to-convert"
exit $E_WRONGARGS
fi
NEWFILENAME=$1.unx
CR='\015' # Carriage return.
# 015 is octal ASCII code for CR.
# Lines in a DOS text file end in a CR-LF.
tr -d $CR < $1 > $NEWFILENAME
# Delete CR's and write to new file.
echo "Original DOS text file is \"$1\"."
echo "Converted UNIX text file is \"$NEWFILENAME\"."
exit 0
# Exercise:
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# Change the above script to convert from UNIX to DOS.